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PLAN TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL TRUCKS

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Vice President Kamala Harris announced major federal actions to “expand clean public transit and school buses, reduce emissions from dirty diesel trucks, and create good paying jobs.”  With a new proposed rule to set heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, air pollution that often blights “overburdened low-income communities and communities of color” will hopefully be mitigated. The focus on zero emission trucking should also lead to “create good-paying, union jobs, prove public health, and confront climate change.” Read more… 

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WILL AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS CREATE A BOOM?

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While the picture that autonomous trucks paint in many minds might be of a world where thousands of truck drivers lose their jobs, the reality of the situation might not comport. Though driverless trucks might be an incredible feat, “there are many tasks autonomous trucks will simply not be able to perform for themselves out on the open road.” This will lead to countless new jobs in the industry for applicants across the country. Read more…

HOW TO EASE SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS

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The Department of Transportation assessment of the nation’s supply chain issues calls for new policies and utilizing funded resources to help expand truck parking and improve warehouse capabilities. The DOT also reports the “vulnerabilities in the U.S. freight and logistics supply chain and offers clear-cut actions needed to speed up the movement of goods from ships to shelves.” Read more…

5 SURPRISING TYPES OF CDL JOBS

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With a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers in the American trucking industry, there are plenty of job openings in the sector for ambitious individuals, including jobs where you don’t even have to drive at all. Not only can you choose to work locally or to explore the land beyond the borders, but you can also choose to enter the industry by becoming a dispatcher or instructor. Other unique positions include: heavy equipment hauling, delivery truck driving, and bus driving. Read more…

NORTH AMERICAN DRIVER SHORTAGE HAS GONE FROM MANAGEABLE TO CRITICAL

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Despite seeing them everywhere on the news and social media, truck drivers have been exiting the workforce at an unmanageable pace. An aging workforce, high cost of driver training, and high insurance premiums have all led to a mass exodus of the industry, in turn severely impacting the North American supply chain and economy. Solid messaging needs to be increased, such as how rewarding a truck driving career can be with pay much higher than minimum wage and a guaranteed job until retirement.  Read more…

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS TO JOIN 90-DAY TRUCKING APPRENTICESHIP CHALLENGE

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The American Trucking Associations – the largest national trade association for the trucking industry – is set to join the 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge, an initiative set by the Biden-Harris administration to “launch Registered Apprenticeships as a route toward getting more well-trained drivers on the road in good paying jobs.” The program has also been created to “enhance industry training and safety standards, and support the recruitment and retention of drivers in good trucking jobs.” Read more…

WAREHOUSE SPACES BEING HOARDED

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Logistic firms are being forced to create new options for themselves to deal with the shortage of warehouse spaces, including “building multistory facilities and choosing locations farther from coastal ports.” The shortages across the US are coming from many companies stockpiling goods to hedge against supply chain issues, leaving hardly any space for others to stash their merchandise. Robert Thornburgh, the chief executive of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, says “there is limited inventory of industrial space. It is almost evaporating before your eyes, if you are even lucky enough to know about it.” Read more…

COVID-19 DRIVING PERSONNEL INTO THE TRUCKING SECTOR

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While there’s a lot to be said about the global pandemic driving truckers out of the industry, there are also cases of the pandemic bringing new personnel into the sector as well. For instance, former nurse Leah Gorham says that COVID-19 made conditions “unbearable, unsafe and caused low morale amongst staff.” She wanted to find a career where she had job satisfaction, general happiness and safety, and was soon able to find these qualities by following in her boyfriend’s footsteps and becoming a truck driver. Read more…

MARIJUANA TESTING LEADING TO TRUCKER SHORTAGE

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A top Wells Fargo analyst believes that there’s more to blame than just the COVID-19 pandemic for rising costs and driver shortages in the transportation industry — “federal marijuana criminalization and resulting drug testing mandates” are a part of the issue as well. While marijuana is legalized in some states, it remains illegal in others, henceforth mandating federal drug testing for all truckers.  Read more…

DOL INITIATIVE AFFECTS LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s latest initiative of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division is meant “to focus on protecting the wages and workplace rights of the workers” in the warehouse and logistic industries as the global supply chain demand continues to impact them greatly. The initiative will focus on minimums and overtimes, workplace harassment, family and medical leave, and independent contractor analysis. Read more…